(sedona) branch branch-1.5.2 updated: [SEDONA-556] Hidden requirement for geopandas in apache-sedona 1.5.2 (#1405)

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     new d6b3b6a30 [SEDONA-556] Hidden requirement for geopandas in 
apache-sedona 1.5.2 (#1405)
d6b3b6a30 is described below

commit d6b3b6a303dde812c709a815d05eecd63e28d0af
Author: Jia Yu <ji...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Wed May 8 17:56:36 2024 -0700

    [SEDONA-556] Hidden requirement for geopandas in apache-sedona 1.5.2 (#1405)
---
 python/sedona/maps/SedonaMapUtils.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/sedona/maps/SedonaMapUtils.py 
b/python/sedona/maps/SedonaMapUtils.py
index 5ab875d83..52cc47402 100644
--- a/python/sedona/maps/SedonaMapUtils.py
+++ b/python/sedona/maps/SedonaMapUtils.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #  specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #  under the License.
 
-
-import geopandas as gpd
 import json
 from sedona.sql.types import GeometryType
 
@@ -38,6 +36,11 @@ class SedonaMapUtils:
         pandas_df = df.toPandas()
         if geometry_col is None:  # No geometry column found even after 
searching schema, return Pandas Dataframe
             return pandas_df
+        try:
+            import geopandas as gpd
+        except ImportError:
+            msg = "GeoPandas is missing. You can install it manually or via 
sedona[kepler-map] or sedona[pydeck-map]."
+            raise ImportError(msg) from None
         geo_df = gpd.GeoDataFrame(pandas_df, geometry=geometry_col)
         if geometry_col != "geometry" and rename is True:
             geo_df.rename_geometry("geometry", inplace=True)